Places trelawneyskye Wants to Go

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.

In 806, Kobo Daishi began meditating on Mount Misen. The Buddhist monk lit this holy fire, which has been kept burning for 1,200 years.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Sip “liquid cuisine” made with meat, vegetables, and insects.

View Japan's most historic city from a cyberpunk walkway suspended 150 feet above the ground.

A strip of traditional hand towel serves as an admission ticket at this modern tenugui museum.

The “bridge of return” is haunted by a myriad of legends, from ghosts to demons to nuptial superstitions.

This statue of Buddha has a distinctive hairstyle meant to represent an unfathomably long period of meditation.

It is believed that this Buddhist temple stands right on the gateway to the underworld.